The recent influx of newcomers to inner city neighborhoods is not the first, and certainly not the largest demographic trend in memory. Adapting to these changes not only keeps you financially afloat, it can also present new economic opportunities. Columbia Heights, one of several Washington, D.C., neighborhoods that declined during the 1960s, has been transformed […]
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Mid-City Financial Donates to The Academy of Hope
Mid-City Financial, a family- owned development company donated $150,000 to the Academy of Hope, a male adult public charter school in Washington D.C. on April 11. The Ward 5 Northeast DC-based school has offered excellence in adult education since 1985. Pictured: Eugene Ford Jr., Chairman, Mid-City Financial, Lecester Johnson – CEO of the Academy of Hope and Ward 5 […]
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Black Greeks Address Youth Mental Health
Three alumni chapters of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and the District’s graduate chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity teamed up to present “Mental Health Awareness Day.” The Xi Omega, Xi Theta Omega and Rho Mu Omega of AKA in conjunction with the Alpha Omega chapter of Omega and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) […]
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Comedian Charlie Murphy, Brother of Eddie Murphy, Dies at 57
NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Murphy, older brother of Eddie Murphy and a comedy stand-up and performer in his own right, has died. FILE- In this Nov. 3, 2012 file photo, comedian Charlie Murphy appears at “Eddie Murphy: One Night Only,” a celebration of Murphy’s career in Beverly Hills, Calif. Murphy, older brother of actor-comedian […]
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British Vogue Gets New Chief Editor after 25 Years
LONDON (AP) — British Vogue’s search for a new leader has come to an end with the naming of Edward Enninful as the magazine’s new chief editor. He will be the first male editor of British Vogue when he takes over on Aug. 1. FILE – In this Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 file photo, fashion […]
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Fans Say Farewell to Rock ‘n’ Roll Legend Chuck Berry
LOUIS (AP) — Fans lined up before dawn on Sunday to pay their final respects to music legend Chuck Berry, roughly three weeks after his death at age 90 near his hometown of St. Louis. Fans pay their respects to the rock ‘n’ roll legend Chuck Berry during a public viewing Sunday, April 9, 2017, […]
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Rock Hall 2017 Class Includes Tupac, Pearl Jam, and Journey
NEW YORK (AP) — The late rapper Tupac Shakur, Seattle rockers Pearl Jam, and 1970s hitmaking band Journey were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Friday night. Joan Baez, Electric Light Orchestra and Yes were also part of the 2017 class inducted at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, which […]
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Lynch at Harvard Conference: Americans Must Come Before President, Congress
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch on Friday encouraged her successor to remember the American people are the Department of Justice’s clients, not the president or Congress. Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the nation’s first black woman to head the Justice Department, waves as she arrives to speak at a […]
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Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison Honored with Literary Award
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Nobel literature laureate Toni Morrison is collecting another prestigious prize. FILE – In this May 29, 2012 file photo, author Toni Morrison receives her Medal of Freedom award during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist is scheduled to be presented with […]
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‘Empire’ Actor Morocco Omari Charged with Domestic Battery
CHICAGO (AP) — An actor on the television show “Empire” has been arrested on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge in Chicago. In this image released by Fox, Morocco Omari appears in a scene from “Empire.” Omari was arrested Wednesday, April 5, 2017, on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge in Chicago. In a news release, police […]
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Tonight: AFRO’s First Edition with Sean Yoes, Thursday, April 6.
Listen at WEAA Live Stream: http://amber.streamguys.com.4020/live.m3u As we wind down the 2017 legislative session in Annapolis, veteran reporter Charles Robinson of Maryland Public Television’s, “State Circle,” reviews some of the most compelling storylines of 2017. Also, Jackie Robarge, founder and director of Power Inside, an organization that advocates for vulnerable women impacted by incarceration and […]
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Susan Rice Denies Using Intel to Spy on Trump Advisers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Susan Rice, the top national security adviser to former President Barack Obama, says it is “absolutely false” that she and other Obama administration officials used intelligence reports to spy on Trump associates for political purposes. FILE – In this July 7, 2016 file photo, then-National Security Adviser Susan Rice is seen on […]